GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| myriad | ten thousand |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| purported | reputed |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |